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[http://www.georgesaundersbooks.com/about/ George Saunders] is the author most recently of the ''New York Times'' bestselling short story collection ''Tenth of December''. His other works include the novella ''The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil'', and the story collections ''Pastoralia'', ''CivilWarLand in Bad Decline'', and ''In Persuasion Nation''. Additionally, he is the author of an essay collection, ''The Braindead Megaphone'', and ''The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip'', a ''New York Times'' children’s bestseller. He writes regularly for the ''New Yorker'' and ''Harper’s'', as well as ''Esquire'', ''GQ'', and the ''New York Times Magazine''. He has received a MacArthur Fellowship, a World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction, and a Lannan Literary Fellowship, among many other honors and awards. He teaches at Syracuse University. | [http://www.georgesaundersbooks.com/about/ George Saunders] is the author most recently of the ''New York Times'' bestselling short story collection ''Tenth of December''. His other works include the novella ''The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil'', and the story collections ''Pastoralia'', ''CivilWarLand in Bad Decline'', and ''In Persuasion Nation''. Additionally, he is the author of an essay collection, ''The Braindead Megaphone'', and ''The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip'', a ''New York Times'' children’s bestseller. He writes regularly for the ''New Yorker'' and ''Harper’s'', as well as ''Esquire'', ''GQ'', and the ''New York Times Magazine''. He has received a MacArthur Fellowship, a World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction, and a Lannan Literary Fellowship, among many other honors and awards. He teaches at Syracuse University. | ||
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On December 6, 2013, the 2013 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story was presented to George Saunders by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Saunders read from the Folger's Elizabethan Theatre stage, and book signing and reception followed.
George Saunders
George Saunders is the author most recently of the New York Times bestselling short story collection Tenth of December. His other works include the novella The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil, and the story collections Pastoralia, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, and In Persuasion Nation. Additionally, he is the author of an essay collection, The Braindead Megaphone, and The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip, a New York Times children’s bestseller. He writes regularly for the New Yorker and Harper’s, as well as Esquire, GQ, and the New York Times Magazine. He has received a MacArthur Fellowship, a World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction, and a Lannan Literary Fellowship, among many other honors and awards. He teaches at Syracuse University.